If you were a newspaper writer in Marion County who was writing an article on the outcomes of county- and state-wide races in Tuesday’s primary, it is not impossible to think that you might tailor your message slightly to appeal…
Month: May 2010
AR-Sen: You Don't Mind If Your Credit Card Rates Go Up, Do You?
When Sen. Lincoln scurried back to Washington D.C. following Tuesday’s results, ostensibly it was to fight any attempts to weaken her (wrongheaded) financial reform bill. Apparently, she is so hell-bent on getting her version, and ONLY her version, through that…
AR-Sen: I Promise We'll Mention Other Races At Some Point
Remember the www.dollarbillhalter.com website that Sen. Lincoln’s campaign launched in an effort to get the least-creative derisive nickname ever to stick disparage Bill Halter for having money? Well, oddly enough, going to that address now redirects a person to The…
AR-Sen: Halter Launches New Ad, "Change"
Fantastically done. Great shots of real people, no mention of the competition, a single message throughout, and probably the most positive tone we’ve had in an ad in this race from either side. I thought the clip from Tuesday night…
AR-Sen: Ex-Prez To Campaign With Soon-To-Be-Ex-Senator
Former President Bill Clinton will apparently be in Arkansas on May 28 to campaign on behalf of Sen. Lincoln during her “Countdown To Victory” tour. The campaign even released a play-at-home version of everyone’s favorite game, “Spot The Spin!,” to…
AR-Sen: What A Difference A Day Makes
An overnight poll by Research 2000, as reported by Democracy for America, shows Bill Halter ahead of Blanche Lincoln. Among the questions asked: QUESTION: Who did you vote for in the Democratic Primary election today, Blanche Lincoln, Bill Halter, or…
Thoughts From Last Night
Three watch parties, about 100 shaken hands, one photo with Lt. Gov. Halter, and some 12:30am chocolate chip cookies later, here we are. If my pounding head and the 140 emails I’ve received since 7:00pm are any indication, last night…
AR-Sen [Follow-Up]: More On Lincoln's Absentee Voting
As noted here, Blanche Lincoln and her husband showed up at St. James Methodist church in West Little Rock to vote this morning and were told that the roll showed them as having already voted. This was due to their…
AR-Sen: Six Hours Down, Six To Go
Two observations from mid-way through the 2010 preferential primary. First, on a personal-experience note, there were six people ahead of me when I arrived at my polling place. Eavesdropping (because what else am I going to do?), I heard one…
AR-02: Schrödinger's Cat And A Rural Surge
In 1935, physicist Erwin Schrödinger described a now-famous paradox in quantum mechanics. The model of quantum physics most widely used at the time held that, until it is actually measured, a sub-atomic particle is in all of its possible states…